Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian League), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/Aetolia) (239-229 BCE)
From SILVER
239 BCE - 229 BCE Silver 3,085 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | AΙΤΩΛΩΝ (Greek).Aetolia sitting on galatian and macedonian shields, wielding scepter in right hand and compass in left hand, right. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aetolia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Aetolia | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Aetolian League |
Chronology
| From | 239 BCE | to | 229 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.75 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
_(Aetolin_League),_silver,_tetradrachms_(239-229_BCE).jpg)
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Tsangari 2007, p. 75-81, no. 460-506. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 4, n° 954 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 45 | Number of coins (n) | 83 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 9.22 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.84 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22.22 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.21 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 184,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 10.09 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00045 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.59% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 18,023.89 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,085 kg <br /> 3,085 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 45,059.72 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Tsangari, Dimitra (2007) Corpus des monnaies d’or, d’argent et de Bronze de la confédération étolienne, Athens, 507 p. : illustrations.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
